CVE-2023-51698 (GCVE-0-2023-51698)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-01-12 20:27
Modified
2025-06-17 21:09
Severity ?
9.6 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L
CWE
  • CWE-78 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
Summary
Atril is a simple multi-page document viewer. Atril is vulnerable to a critical Command Injection Vulnerability. This vulnerability gives the attacker immediate access to the target system when the target user opens a crafted document or clicks on a crafted link/URL using a maliciously crafted CBT document which is a TAR archive. A patch is available at commit ce41df6.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
mate-desktop atril Version: <= 1.26.3
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